So the Change Challenge is officially over in 50 minutes from now, and unless Melanie e-mails me in the next while, I win! Haha. We managed to crack the $1 plateau though, and I was soooo close to breaking the barrier all by my lonesome, but to no avail. It was interesting to see how much we could find, and I must say I’m quite surprised that we weren’t able to find a lot. My Phillies friend over at Change is Good seems to find a ton of change on the ground all the time, and it’s not just because he’s got his little one scouting out the areas in front of him. Who knows why…are we Canadians more aware of our change because we’ve got Loonies & Toonies to keep track of too? Do Americans only spend bills? Who knows. All I can tell you is that I have been keeping my eyes to the ground these days, and I rarely find any change around. Even at the cash register at my local Second Cup, or my local grocery store, it’s hard to find any change lying around. I actually saw a woman walk down the street with a quarter in her hand, and then every time she passed a public phone, she would deposit the quarter and then hit the change return button, hoping to trick the machine in giving her more money. I think that might’ve worked in the old days, but not anymore with those new-fangled public phones. Seriously though, I’m not sure why we had so much trouble finding any loose change on the ground, but it’s been fun to see how much we could find. I’ll probably keep up the search, just to see if I can crack a certain amount by the end of the year. Shall I set a goal for that one? Might be fun.